Montreal has ben rainy and gloomy this past week so why not brighten up your weekend with a comedy show?! Whether you’re going out with friends or with a date laughter is the way to go.
Nothing will brighten up your day like an evening of jokes and drinks. This weekend Neil Janna is taking the stage at the Nest.
With nine appearances at the Festival Just For Laughs and a favourite at The Nest. Neil gets his point across with vigour and volume. No one is left unmoved in the wake of a Janna jam.
Reserve your spot now!
For more information visit the Comedy Nest.
Once again Ernie Butler’s Comedy Nest is bringing in talent from afar.
Born and raised in Camrose, Alberta, and now living in Vancouver, Paul Myrehaug lures in his audience with charismatic charm, turns around, and makes them laugh at things they shouldn’t. Fast wit at a slow pace leaves crowds in hysterics and begging for more. Paul tours internationally and has performed for hundreds of thousands of people live, and millions of people on television.
This weekend Paul is bringing the laughs to Montreal. Reserve your tickets quickly so you’re sure not to miss out!
Paul was the winner of the Great Canadian Laugh Off 2007 and featured at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival 2007.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. That is why the Taverne Crescent, situated on one of Montreal’s historic party streets, decided to implement a new policy: Pay what you can.
Restaurants are feeling the decline of American tourists and are doing what they can to survive.
After enjoying their meal of what could include an appetizer, plus either tagliatelle bolognese, salmon or braised beef, and coffee or tea- customers can pay as they like, ten dollars, a dollar or nothing.
“Some people might pay nothing,” said owner George Pappas, “but maybe when they have more money in three or six months, they’ll come back and pay more.”
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MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire - March 20, 2008) - Aeroports de Montreal (ADM) is pleased to announce the opening of a new common-use VIP lounge at Montreal-Trudeau airport. Located in the international jetty, after the pre-boarding security screening checkpoints, this new lounge offers travellers awaiting their flights spacious surroundings and an array of exclusive services.
The ADM Lounge is operated by Servisair, an international company with extensive expertise in managing airport lounges. First- and business-class passengers on participating airlines have free access to the lounge, while other travellers can enter for a fee. For information and to reserve: www.executivelounges.ca.
Lounge customers can enjoy a bar service featuring a varied selection of beverages and light meals, in addition to being able to use two work stations equipped with computers, telephones and printers. Newspapers, magazines, televisions and Wi-Fi Internet service are also available.
The furniture in the ADM Lounge was designed by the Quebec companies Editorial, Espace Cote Sud and Periphere.
For more information about Aeroports de Montreal and its operations, please visit our website at www.admtl.com.
CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire - June 27, 2007) - With over 1.5 million dollars in renovations to guest rooms and common areas, the Travelodge Montreal Trudeau Airport is launching an aggressive growth strategy within the Montreal airport market.
Travellers to the Trudeau airport area will be welcomed by the new boutique style decor at the hotel and will appreciate standard free business amenities including in-room high speed internet, deluxe continental breakfast, 24 hour airport shuttle, in-room refrigerators and business desks with ergonomic work chairs in all rooms.
Guestroom renovations include new mattresses, bedspreads, draperies, new light fixtures, new furniture, new carpet and paint and curved shower rods with new curtains. Select rooms also received new bathroom vanities, bathtubs and armoires. Additionally, all executive rooms with kitchenettes feature new sofa beds and new armchairs. The hotel offers 72 standard rooms and 36 executive rooms.
The lobby and breakfast area have been completely updated with new carpet, wall coverings, furniture, lighting and fixtures. The modern new look reflects the designer-style that travellers are looking for and allows the hotel to cater to the upscale business market.
“The renovations we have completed give us a very strong edge in the extremely competitive airport market. We have invested extensively in both the design concepts and the materials,” says Jan Brisson-Clear, General Manager of the Travelodge Montreal-Trudeau Airport. “Our guests and staff love our new look and we’re looking forward to a very busy summer and fall.”
Travelodge is currently the third largest hotel chain in Canada with over 100 properties nationwide. The brand offers three unique tiers; Travelodge Hotels, Travelodge and Thriftlodge. Owners benefit from extensive training and operational support, a cross-Canada national sales team, Canadian based marketing, an affordable and exclusive brand loyalty program and a unique partnership with one of Canada’s largest retail loyalty programs, Hbc Rewards.
Travelodge Canada Corp. administers the Master License for Travelodge and Thriftlodge in Canada. Travelodge Canada Corp. is a subsidiary of Royal Host Corp., which is owned by Royal Host Real Estate Investment Trust (Royal Host), traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbols “RYL.UN”, “RYL.DB”, “RYL.DB.A” and “RYL.DB.B”, respectively.
Photos are available at the following address: http://www.ccnmatthews.com/docs/627trv1e.pdf
Montreal June 15 2007, Montreal-Trudeau welcomes Air Algerie - whose first North American destination is Montreal with two weekly flights to Algiers.(CCNMATTHEWS PHOTO/AEROPORTS DE MONTREAL)
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Posted By: littlec | Jun 18th
This week, the newspapers were all talking about Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone’s not so veiled threats that Montreal needs to invest in its racing infrastructure, not so much the track itself but the amenities surrounding it. The city was quick to point out that this falls on the shoulders of organizer and promoter Normand Legault.
Every first or second week of June, I am reminded of the fact that our great city thinks that one weekend of tourist-influx madness is worth putting up with such blackmail.
Yet, seeing 20 or so professional baseball teams parade into town for 3-4 nights for 81 home games is not, or rather, was not.
If you do the math, 50 or so people that each club brought into town x 4 nights x 81 games = 20,000 people, or 2% of the city’s population, all coming in over a period of 6 months. That’s just the club entourage, you can add out of town fans, reporters, etc. and the numbers add up.
Frankly, my dad - who owns a hotel in the city - tells me that the F1 weekend is a mixed blessing: crazy for a weekend at the expense of the surrounding days… something tells me that dollar for dollar, the economic windfall of a baseball club added a tad more than that of a weekend of hedonism.
But, maybe that’s just me…
Montréal, le 18 avril – Les Productions Jacques L’Heureux, les Productions Marie Eykel, Télé-Québec et Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm sont fiers d’annoncer que le deuxième coffret de la populaire série pour enfants Passe-Partout sera offert sur DVD dès le 15 mai prochain partout au Québec et au Canada. Ce deuxième volume saura divertir petits et grands qui ont retrouvé ou découvert ces idoles de jeunesse en novembre dernier avec le premier coffret DVD. Le Musée québécois de culture populaire de Trois-Rivières présentera pour sa part à compter du 16 mai l’exposition « Le phénomène Passe-Partout » sur les dessous de cette série culte et ce, jusqu’en septembre 2008. Pour l’occasion, Passe-Partout et ses amis se rendront à Trois-Rivières le mardi 15 mai prochain pour le lancement conjoint du tout nouveau coffret DVD et de l’exposition au Musée !
Dans ce deuxième coffret de 5 DVD, comprenant 25 épisodes à saveur estivale et automnale, vous retrouverez Passe-Partout, Passe-Carreau et Passe-Montagne, Pruneau et Cannelle ainsi que leurs nouveaux amis. En prime, vous pourrez voir « Les marionnettes de Passe-Partout », un documentaire dans lequel vous découvrirez ceux qui donnent vie à vos petits personnages préférés.L’exposition « Le phénomène Passe-Partout » sera présentée au Musée québécois de culture populaire à Trois-Rivières, en collaboration avec Télé-Québec, à compter du 16 mai 2007 et jusqu’en septembre 2008. L’exposition mettra en valeur le contexte dans lequel s’est inscrite la série, son concept innovateur et permettra d’admirer ses créations. Des ambiances sonores et des objets inédits, des activités ludiques, éducatives et interactives se côtoieront dans un décor évocateur. L’exposition proposera de découvrir une œuvre incontournable de notre culture populaire en plus des costumes et autres objets de Passe-Partout.
Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm est la filiale québécoise de Motion Picture Distribution LP, un des plus grands distributeurs de longs métrages au Canada qui opère également dans le marché de la distribution de films au Royaume-Uni et en Espagne. Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm distribue des longs métrages à des salles de cinéma, sur vidéo et DVD, ainsi qu’auprès des entreprises de télédiffusion. Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. détient indirectement 51% des droits de propriété de Motion Picture Distribution LP et Movie Distribution Income Fund détient indirectement le reste des droits de propriété de Motion Picture Distribution LP.
www.vivafilm.com
Canada’s international travel deficit soared to an all-time high in 2006, as spending by Canadians in both the United States and overseas climbed to record levels.
The deficit - the difference between spending by Canadians abroad and spending by foreigners in Canada - jumped $1.4 billion to an estimated $7.2 billion in 2006.
The travel deficit has increased every year since 2002, more than quadrupling in the process.
The burgeoning deficit was the result of record spending abroad: Canadian residents spent an estimated $23.6 billion outside the country in 2006, up 6.2 per cent from the previous high in 2005.
Foreigners in Canada spent about $16.4 billion in 2006, a slight decline from the previous year.
Canadian spending abroad has gone up 27.9 per cent since 2001, while there has been little movement in foreign spending in Canada.
Canada’s travel deficit with the United States climbed to $4.5 billion in 2006, the highest since the early 1990s when record deficits flirted with the $6-billion mark and well above the $544 million figure in 2002.
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Posted By: froosh | Feb 26th
